Author’s note: Putting on the whole armor of God takes time and effort. Each piece is important, but they all work together for our spiritual protection. Part 1 of this series will focus on the armor that we figuratively put on, and Part 2 will focus on the shield and...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes have their own vernacular that sounds foreign to those of other faiths, or might be understood differently. The concepts of testimony and conversion are two of those. What is a testimony? What does...

Presidents’ Day has taken on a new meaning for me in 2017. The chaos and uproar of the recent presidential election is slowly subsiding, but the aftermath has left me wondering about the state of our union—and what the great presidents of the past would think of the...

I remember as a kid every time I told my parents, “That’s not fair!” their response was, “Life isn’t fair.” Now, as often happens, I find myself perpetuating this parental cycle and saying the same thing to my children. There are times in every person’s life when each...

For more than a decade, I always told my kids that I have children, not dogs. Some people can take care of both, but I wasn’t one of those people. A few months ago, however, our situation changed. All of a sudden I realized that I didn’t have little kids. And then we...

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